Lot 81JUDAS PRIEST-POINT OF ENTRY-1981-FIRST PRESS UK-CBS-NMINT/NMINT

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ARIA-HERO OF ASPHALT-1988-FIRST PRESS USSR-MELODIA-C6027413000. A rare original of the cult album. Hero of Asphalt is the third studio album by Aria. This is the first album after the split of the band in early 1987, "Hero of Asphalt" is also the first album officially released by "Melody", the two previous albums at that time existed and were distributed as tape albums only on tape cassettes. The album was a great success, its sales exceeded 1 million copies (which in the United States corresponds to the platinum status), but the exact circulation is unknown even to the company "Melody", although, according to her, at least 1.5 million records were printed.On this album, for the first time, all the lyrics were written by Margarita Pushkina, and Alexander Elin, who wrote the lyrics to previous albums, left for the Master group and did not work with Aria until 2001.In 2008, a concert tour was held in honor of the 20th anniversary of the album, which resulted in the release of a double live album and a concert video "Hero of Asphalt XX years". The original album line-up performed at the concert and all the pieces were performed in the same order. In May 2012, as a result of a vote held on the website openspace.ru, the album "Hero of Asphalt" took the first position in the list of 50 major records of "Melody" and on April 23, 2013 was re-released on vinyl in a limited edition of 500 copies as part of the project "Melody-50", dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the company.  ...more

BRIGADE C - ALL THIS IS ROCK AND ROLL-1992-THE FIRST PRESS OF RUSSIA-FEE LEE-FL3006. A rare original of the cult album. "All this is Rock and Roll" is a tribute album released by the Soviet and Russian rock band "Brigade C" in 1992. It is based on remakes of compositions by various authors and performers, including a cover of the song by Konstantin Kinchev and the group "Alice" "All this is rock and Roll", which gave the album its name and performed with the participation of current legends of Russian rock. In 1991, Galanin returned to the group, which gave an impetus to a new round of joint creativity[1]. The album "All this is rock and Roll" was the first recorded after the reunion of the founding fathers. There is nothing on the front and back of the double envelope except the band's logo. But on the centerfold — a huge number of photos of the faces of the main rockers of Russia with Joanna Stingray joining them and all the output data. The CD was released in an edition of 5,000 copies, and today it is considered to be classified as rare ...more

LENNON, JOHN AND YOKO ONO / PLASTIC ONO BAND-SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY-1972-FIRST PRESS UK-APPLE-PCSP716. Matrix A-1/B-1/C-1/D-1 Some Time in New York City — double album by John Lennon, recorded with Yoko Ono and released in 1972. The studio recording of the new material, paired with a Live Jam recording, makes up the third album in Lennon's own discography, after leaving the Beatles, and the fifth — recorded with Yoko Ono. The album was produced by Phil Spector, who had previously collaborated with the singer on two of his solo records. The album was a commercial failure and did not receive high critical acclaim, compared to the previous albums — John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine. ...more

SINATRA, FRANK-STRANGERS IN the NIGHT-1966-FIRST PRESS (MONO) USA-REPRISE-F1017. Rare American original of the cult album. At the 1967 Grammy awards, Sinatra won two Grammy awards for his efforts on this album, including Record of the year for the title track, and best male vocal performance for the same song. (In the same year, he won another Grammy award - "Album of the year for a man and his music"). Ernie Freeman's arrangement of the title track earned him a Grammy award for best arrangement accompanied by a vocalist or instrumentalist.this is the last album Sinatra performed with longtime arranger / conductor Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. "Strangers in the Night" went platinum for one million copies sold in the United States. ...more